2007 Mercury Montego problems
NHTSA has received 44 complaints about the 2007 Mercury Montego, and 27% of them involve cruise control. Next are drivetrain & axles (18%) and electrical system (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 44 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Cruise control 27% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 70,000 miles 41 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 8 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 9 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 7 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 4 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 41 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 70,000 miles. For cruise control specifically, the median reported mileage is about 84,000 miles (11 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash; 1 injury reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 86% of model years in our database.
It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 mercury montego. The contact was driving 45 MPH when another vehicle cut the contact off, causing the contact to crash into the vehicle. The air bags did not deploy upon impact. The contact sustained minor injuries and went to the hospital the next day. The police were on scene and a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed from the scene and was deemed as destroyed. A complaint was filed with the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 96,882. Updated 08/28/12 updated 09/4/2012
Brakes are faulty on ford 500 and mercury montego. They disintegrate early with only 10,000-12,000 miles on them. This causes multiple replacements, and is dangerous when they are okay one day, and gone the next after ford dealers cleared them at a check-up just a few miles earlier.
Trunk pistons are too weak. Thinking the trunk lid was all the way up, I leaned in to the trunk on several occasions, only to bang my head on the trunk lid. It is my opinion that the trunk pistons are not raising the trunk high enough and injury to the head can occur.
I have experienced a sudden unexpected lunge when backing out of a parking space after placing the vehicle in reverse on several occasions. You can hear the engine RPM increase quickly, then decrease just as quickly when this happens. This typically occurs when the vehicle is placed in reverse and the wheel is being turned and the my foot is on the brake pedal. It has also occurred again when the vehicle is put into drive after going from reverse and the wheel is turned.
This vehicle has a problem when shifting from park to drive, park to reverse, drive to reverse, reverse to drive or when simply maneuvering to park. You can hear the engine RPM increase quickly, then decrease just as quickly when this happens. This typically occurs when the vehicle is placed in reverse and the wheel is being turned and the my foot is on the brake pedal. This problem began a month ago and has gotten progressively worse.